Kirkby Pool

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Kirkby Pool
Steers Pool in the upper reaches
The Kirkby Pool

The Kirkby Pool

Data
location Cumbria , England
River system River Duddon
Drain over River Duddon  → Irish Sea
source south of the Old Man of Coniston
54 ° 19 ′ 15 ″  N , 3 ° 8 ′ 11 ″  W
muzzle Muzzle into the River Duddon Coordinates: 54 ° 14 ′ 2 "  N , 3 ° 11 ′ 17"  W 54 ° 14 ′ 2 "  N , 3 ° 11 ′ 17"  W

Left tributaries Press Beck
Right tributaries Green Moor Beck
Communities Kirkby-in-Furness

The Kirkby Pool is a watercourse in the Lake District , Cumbria , England .

The Kirkby Pool is being created as a Steers Pool and initially flows in a south-westerly direction. At the hamlet of Bridge End it changes its name to Kirkby Pool and later changes its direction to the south. At Kirkby-in-Furness, the Kirby Pool flows into the mouth of the River Duddon .

The Duddon Mosses Site of Special Scientific Interest is west of the Kirkby Pool and east of the River Duddon.

Individual evidence

  1. Duddon Mosses on SSSI List at Natural England

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